French Onion Soup With Browned Garlic Food

FRENCH ONION SOUP WITH BROWNED GARLIC

Steps:

• In a large, heavy stockpot over medium heat, cook sherry until bubbling. Add the onions, and reduce heat to medium. Cook onions slowly, stirring frequently, for at least 20 minutes, until they begin to form a paste.
• Stir in the garlic and continue to cook for 5 to 10 minutes, until garlic begins to look brown.
• Stir in flour and cook for 2 minutes. Pour in broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Season with pepper and salt. Ladle soup into bowls, and float a slice of toasted bread on top of each serving.

FRENCH GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• Remove all the cloves of garlic from the head.
• Take a smallish saucepan and heat to boiling a cup of water; add the cloves of garlic and simmer for about 1 minute - drain, peel the garlic (which should be slightly softened and should peel easily) and cut each clove in half.
• Add garlic cloves to beef broth in saucepan; cover and simmer 10 minutes, or until garlic is soft.
• Remove half of the garlic cloves and reserve.
• To the saucepan add the chicken broth, water, wine, half and half, thyme (crush it with your fingers before adding), and cayenne to broth and heat to a low simmer for 5 minutes.
• With an immersion blender or in a regular blender, puree the soup; season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper, set aside, and keep warm.
• Toast bread on one side under broiler; remove and spread un-toasted sides with butter.
• Mash the reserved half of garlic cloves and spread over the un-toasted and buttered sides of bread; sprinkle with shredded Gruyere cheese.
• Broil toast until brown and bubbly, about 30 seconds (careful, they can burn easily).
• Place a piece of toast in each of the four soup bowls; ladle hot soup over and serve.

FRENCH ONION SOUP

Steps:

• In 4-quart saucepan over medium high heat, melt butter.
• Add onions, garlic and brown sugar, cook about 15-20 minutes until golden and tender.
• Add in flour, beef broth, vinegar, 2 cups water, heat to boiling.
• Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cut 8 1/2-inch thick slices of bread.
• Toast slices in 325°F oven until brown.
• Turn oven to 425°F.
• When soup is ready, spoon into soup bowls or soup crocks.
• Place 2 slices of toast in each bowl. (If desired, cube the toast before placing in soup.
• Sprinkle each bowl with shredded cheese.
• Bake 5 minutes or until cheese melts.

ONION-GARLIC SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in large pot over medium heat.
• Add onions and garlic; cover and cook until onions are tender but not brown, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes.
• Add flour; stir 2 minutes.
• Add broth, half and half, Sherry, thyme and bay leaf; bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer uncovered until garlic is very tender, about 15 minutes.
• Discard bay leaf.
• Working in batches, puree soup with bread in blender until smooth.
• Return to pot.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Rewarm soup over medium heat; serve.

FRENCH ONION SOUP WITH BROWNED GARLIC

Steps:

• In a large, heavy stockpot over medium heat, cook sherry until bubbling.
• Add the onions, and reduce heat to medium.
• Cook onions slowly, stirring frequently, for at least 20 minutes, until they begin to form a paste.
• Stir in the garlic and continue to cook for 5-10 minutes , until garlic begins to look brown.
• Stir in flour and cook for 2 minutes.
• Pour in broth and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Season with pepper and salt.
• Ladle soup into bowls, and float a slice of toasted bread on top of each serving.